Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 768: Who Do You Think You Are?

One Sphere of Death greatly narrowed the gap in strength between the two sides. Yet even now, Xiao Yu still had a considerable disparity in strength compared to the Sweepers Civilization. If it were only one hundred and fifty thousand conventional warships, Xiao Yu still had confidence to fight, but adding five spherical warships made it impossible.

“This won’t work.” Xiao Yu clearly realized this problem and quickly thought of a countermeasure.

“Run.” What Xiao Yu could do now, the only road left, was to flee. One hundred and fifty thousand warships were no longer enough to break through Xiao Yu’s defensive line and destroy the traction ships. Xiao Yu had already regained the ability for curvature flight.

“While fleeing, delay for time, and do everything I can to restore my industrial foundation and manufacture a large number of warships. This is my only way to survive. I hope the Sweepers Civilization’s follow-up reinforcement fleet comes later. Twenty years. I only need twenty years, and the warships I manufacture can reach balance with the Sweepers Civilization’s current strength. Forty years, and I have confidence to destroy all these ships.”

This was Xiao Yu’s plan. And at this moment, Xiao Yu was firmly executing it. After being tempered by failure, after enduring the enormous drop from a Level 6 peak civilization to having only a single Village-Class spaceship, after seeing such tenacious life like the red seaweed and white cockroaches in the solar system, Xiao Yu’s mentality had completely settled down. Xiao Yu would not speak of giving up, because giving up was reserved for the dead. As long as one was alive, there was hope. Even if there was only a single thread of life, he would fight with all his strength to seize it.

“I don’t believe that the unseen’s blessing of fortune can completely erase a person’s effort. I don’t believe my fate is ruled by such a vague, illusory thing. I will survive, return to the peak. Sweepers Civilization, you are nothing more than stepping stones on my road forward…”

Xiao Yu was advancing rapidly. In curvature space, the fierce battle continued. After suffering the Sphere of Death attack, the Sweepers Civilization fleet fell into confusion for a period of time, but they quickly adjusted. They analyzed the current combat power ratio very quickly and immediately set off in pursuit.

Because he was towing the small universe, Xiao Yu could not truly get away. But fleeing would still create certain obstacles for the pursuit. Now the situation depended on whether Xiao Yu would restore a certain degree of industrial foundation first and obtain enough warships to destroy the Sweepers Civilization, or whether the Sweepers Civilization would break through Xiao Yu’s defenses first.

The battle in curvature space grew even more perilous. Curvature flight bent space, and bent space was undoubtedly more unstable. Using space weapons in such an environment was like using space weapons inside the Space Bridge, potentially causing all kinds of unexpected accidents. But neither side hesitated in the slightest. This was a life-and-death battle. This small battle with fewer than two hundred thousand ships participating would decide the future of two civilizations.

The Sweepers Civilization also understood clearly. As long as Xiao Yu escaped the Milky Way Galaxy, they would never catch up to him again. This was not only because they would lose positional information. It was even more because of development potential. Very clearly, Xiao Yu’s development potential was greater than the Sweepers Civilization’s. Give both sides the same amount of time, and Xiao Yu would go farther than the Sweepers Civilization. The Sweepers Civilization’s advantage was only temporary. After a period of time, aside from the Neutron War Star, the Sweepers Civilization would be at a comprehensive disadvantage.

This was the last chance. For Xiao Yu it was so, and for the Sweepers Civilization it was also so.

Spatial rifts crisscrossed back and forth through the curved space. Space Collapse kept occurring, space turbulence kept appearing, and ships were continuously swept into space turbulence and torn into fragments. Ships were continuously so heavily damaged that they had to leave curvature space and fall behind the main force. Leaving the main force, for a severely damaged ship unable to conduct curvature flight, meant death and destruction. In the long drift, they would expend their last bit of energy, turning into cold cosmic rocks, forever.

There were far too many possible accidents in a battle within curvature space. There were even many phenomena that even Xiao Yu could not explain, such as the emergence of space turbulence. Xiao Yu guessed that space turbulence was also a form of space transforming into energy. The difference was that it was uncontrolled. Just as a hydrogen bomb was an uncontrolled violent nuclear fusion, space turbulence was the same. It would release enormous energy and tear apart all matter within a certain range. It was precisely because of this uncontrolled existence of space turbulence that, in general, neither side would choose to fight in curvature space.

But the situation now was too special. Even space turbulence could no longer stop the battle between these two Level 6 peak civilizations.

Xiao Yu’s traction ships were destroyed one after another, but like soldiers on an ancient battlefield responsible for keeping the red flag from falling, one soldier fell and another immediately stepped forward to take over the task. One ship was destroyed, another ship immediately moved up and once again assumed the duty of towing the small universe. Along the way, every star region they passed through, all stars and planets within a certain range were affected, like cavalry on the grasslands entering the interior. Wherever they went, there was devastation.

After one year, more than one hundred light years had already been crossed. Xiao Yu’s forty thousand warships had now dropped to fewer than twenty thousand, while the Sweepers Civilization’s one hundred and fifty thousand warships still had around one hundred thousand remaining. Most crucially, not a single one of the five spherical warships had been destroyed.

The battle was developing toward a direction Xiao Yu did not want to see. If it continued like this, forget twenty years. Xiao Yu could not hold on for ten years, even five years. But Xiao Yu still did not plan to give up. Fight to the last moment. As long as he lived, he would not give up.

“Giving up is only for the dead.” Xiao Yu thought silently.

Two years passed. Xiao Yu had fewer than ten thousand warships left, and only one Nation-Class spaceship remained. Even the Asia spaceship began participating in battle to a limited extent, taking on the responsibility of guarding the small universe and blocking Sweepers Civilization warships from invading. And at this moment, the Sweepers Civilization still had fifty thousand warships remaining. The spherical warships still had not been destroyed.

Xiao Yu knew the Sweepers Civilization was also suffering. Long-distance pursuit, prolonged fierce fighting, being shrouded by the threat of death at all times, it was also torment for the Sweepers Civilization warriors. Xiao Yu saw that the Sweepers Civilization’s stored supplies were clearly insufficient. When passing star systems, some ships would even leave the main force to collect resources, using this method to sustain the fleet’s consumption.

“It depends on who can endure to the end.” Xiao Yu thought silently. “Whoever can endure to the last moment is the victor.”

After three years, Xiao Yu’s warship count dropped again. Xiao Yu had fewer than four thousand warships left in total, and only a little over twenty Province-Class warships remained. In comparison, the Sweepers Civilization still had thirty thousand warships, and the number of spherical warships had still not declined. Xiao Yu’s small universe had become riddled with holes. Although Xiao Yu had given up on continuing to flee and instead recalled all ships and all power back into the small universe to defend it with everything he had, he still could not withstand the Sweepers Civilization’s frenzied offensive. The Asia spaceship had fully joined the battle and become the dominant power on Xiao Yu’s side. The Sweepers Civilization very clearly knew that the Asia spaceship was Xiao Yu’s refuge, and their attacks on the Asia spaceship grew increasingly fierce.

But Xiao Yu could not retreat. Because behind him was his homeland, the homeland that had given Xiao Yu two lives. The solar system was there, and the Earth where humans once lived was also there, even though it had now become fragments. This was sacred ground in Xiao Yu’s life. Xiao Yu would not allow any hostile force to lay a hand on it. Even if the price was death, Xiao Yu would not hesitate.

This was Xiao Yu’s persistence, because that place was the source of Xiao Yu’s spiritual strength.

“I will never give up. I will hold out to the last moment. If Heaven has destined to have me die here, then I will tell Heaven one sentence: go to hell, who do you think you are.”

Xiao Yu kept enduring, never giving up.

At this time, not far from Xiao Yu, about one hundred light years away, all the observation equipment of a life-bearing planet was tightly aimed here, observing this place. Countless data were collected and transmitted to another planet at a distant range. Looking at this data, the leader of the Pegasus Civilization was discussing this issue with the other leaders.

“Without a doubt, this is the Divine Ark Civilization that once destroyed our civilization, yet also saved our civilization multiple times. From the construction style of these ships, this can be seen. And the enemy of the Divine Ark Civilization, we infer, is the Sweepers Civilization. Because under the current situation, the only one who can contend with the Divine Ark Civilization and hold the upper hand is only the Sweepers Civilization. Those strange spherical warships also support this inference.” The Pegasus Civilization leader spoke slowly. “Then I have a question. Should we take the risk of opposing the absolute overlord of the Milky Way Galaxy and go to rescue the Divine Ark Civilization?”

“Should we take the risk of thousands of years of development being destroyed in a single moment, and go to rescue the Divine Ark Civilization?!”

Silence filled the hall.

At the same time, in another direction, thirty thousand Level 4 peak Alien Beasts were in curvature flight. The leading Arrow Beast, with the appearance of a human Earth girl, murmured to herself, “I can feel it. Brother Xiao Yu is ahead…”